Middle name also listed as Gilmore.
Asa Guy Sapp was the youngest son. He was only about 17 when the War of Northern Aggression broke out, but he joined the 19th North Carolina Regiment which soon became the 2d North Carolina Regimental Cavalry. The 2d Cavalry was attached to Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, so his wartime experiences must have been very similar to those of his older brother, Thomas H. Sapp, which will be recounted in some detail below. His military records describe him as being five feet, seven inches tall with a dark complexion and brown hair—apparently a description that would suffice for a lot of the Sapp men of that general time and place. Asa is said to have been given to bizarre and unpredictable behavior. On at least one occasion in combat he is said to have climbed up to an exposed position on the parapets and flapped his arms and made strange noises as if to invite the yankees to shoot him. Asa spent some time in the Confederate hospitals, and he was captured near Lancaster, South Carolina, on 28 February. Asa was transported via New Bern, North Carolina, to Point Lookout Prison in Maryland where he was held until released on June 20th. After the war he either accompanied or followed his older brother Randall to South Carolina. There he married a Louisa Frances Funderburk from Lancaster County not far from where he had been captured.78 Asa and his wife had eight children who were born in the years from 1866 to 1891.79 In August of 1890, he moved to Hunt County, Texas.80 His last child, Guy, was born there on 5 June 1891. Unfortunately Asa was a chronic heavy drinker, and on the night of 3 July 1891 (when little Guy was barely a month old), after losing another bout with the bottle, he laid down on the railroad tracks near the little town of Kingston and failed to get out of the way when the train came along.81 He was 46. What was left of his mangled body is said to have been buried in the nearby McWright Cemetery.82 Asa’s widow and all her children moved north to Indian Territory83 in 1902 and on to Oklahoma Territory84 in 1903. We believe that none of them ever moved back to Texas (or South Carolina). Louisa is buried near Sulphur, Oklahoma, in Murray County.85
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My wife, Stephany Pitt White was the GG granddaughter of Asa Sapp. Her grand father was William Ernest Sapp (1900-1968), Great grandfather was William Thomas Sapp (1866-1946), Great Great Grandfather was Asa Sapp (1844-1891).
Tom White
Asa Guy Sapp was the youngest son. He was only about 17 when the War of Northern Aggression broke out, but he joined the 19th North Carolina Regiment which soon became the 2d North Carolina Regimental Cavalry. The 2d Cavalry was attached to Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, so his wartime experiences must have been very similar to those of his older brother, Thomas H. Sapp, which will be recounted in some detail below. His military records describe him as being five feet, seven inches tall with a dark complexion and brown hair—apparently a description that would suffice for a lot of the Sapp men of that general time and place. Asa is said to have been given to bizarre and unpredictable behavior. On at least one occasion in combat he is said to have climbed up to an exposed position on the parapets and flapped his arms and made strange noises as if to invite the yankees to shoot him. Asa spent some time in the Confederate hospitals, and he was captured near Lancaster, South Carolina, on 28 February. Asa was transported via New Bern, North Carolina, to Point Lookout Prison in Maryland where he was held until released on June 20th. After the war he either accompanied or followed his older brother Randall to South Carolina. There he married a Louisa Frances Funderburk from Lancaster County not far from where he had been captured.78 Asa and his wife had eight children who were born in the years from 1866 to 1891.79 In August of 1890, he moved to Hunt County, Texas.80 His last child, Guy, was born there on 5 June 1891. Unfortunately Asa was a chronic heavy drinker, and on the night of 3 July 1891 (when little Guy was barely a month old), after losing another bout with the bottle, he laid down on the railroad tracks near the little town of Kingston and failed to get out of the way when the train came along.81 He was 46. What was left of his mangled body is said to have been buried in the nearby McWright Cemetery.82 Asa’s widow and all her children moved north to Indian Territory83 in 1902 and on to Oklahoma Territory84 in 1903. We believe that none of them ever moved back to Texas (or South Carolina). Louisa is buried near Sulphur, Oklahoma, in Murray County.85
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My wife, Stephany Pitt White was the GG granddaughter of Asa Sapp. Her grand father was William Ernest Sapp (1900-1968), Great grandfather was William Thomas Sapp (1866-1946), Great Great Grandfather was Asa Sapp (1844-1891).
Tom White
Middle name also listed as Gilmore.
Asa Guy Sapp was the youngest son. He was only about 17 when the War of Northern Aggression broke out, but he joined the 19th North Carolina Regiment which soon became the 2d North Carolina Regimental Cavalry. The 2d Cavalry was attached to Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, so his wartime experiences must have been very similar to those of his older brother, Thomas H. Sapp, which will be recounted in some detail below. His military records describe him as being five feet, seven inches tall with a dark complexion and brown hair—apparently a description that would suffice for a lot of the Sapp men of that general time and place. Asa is said to have been given to bizarre and unpredictable behavior. On at least one occasion in combat he is said to have climbed up to an exposed position on the parapets and flapped his arms and made strange noises as if to invite the yankees to shoot him. Asa spent some time in the Confederate hospitals, and he was captured near Lancaster, South Carolina, on 28 February. Asa was transported via New Bern, North Carolina, to Point Lookout Prison in Maryland where he was held until released on June 20th. After the war he either accompanied or followed his older brother Randall to South Carolina. There he married a Louisa Frances Funderburk from Lancaster County not far from where he had been captured.78 Asa and his wife had eight children who were born in the years from 1866 to 1891.79 In August of 1890, he moved to Hunt County, Texas.80 His last child, Guy, was born there on 5 June 1891. Unfortunately Asa was a chronic heavy drinker, and on the night of 3 July 1891 (when little Guy was barely a month old), after losing another bout with the bottle, he laid down on the railroad tracks near the little town of Kingston and failed to get out of the way when the train came along.81 He was 46. What was left of his mangled body is said to have been buried in the nearby McWright Cemetery.82 Asa’s widow and all her children moved north to Indian Territory83 in 1902 and on to Oklahoma Territory84 in 1903. We believe that none of them ever moved back to Texas (or South Carolina). Louisa is buried near Sulphur, Oklahoma, in Murray County.85
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My wife, Stephany Pitt White was the GG granddaughter of Asa Sapp. Her grand father was William Ernest Sapp (1900-1968), Great grandfather was William Thomas Sapp (1866-1946), Great Great Grandfather was Asa Sapp (1844-1891).
Tom White
Asa Guy Sapp was the youngest son. He was only about 17 when the War of Northern Aggression broke out, but he joined the 19th North Carolina Regiment which soon became the 2d North Carolina Regimental Cavalry. The 2d Cavalry was attached to Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, so his wartime experiences must have been very similar to those of his older brother, Thomas H. Sapp, which will be recounted in some detail below. His military records describe him as being five feet, seven inches tall with a dark complexion and brown hair—apparently a description that would suffice for a lot of the Sapp men of that general time and place. Asa is said to have been given to bizarre and unpredictable behavior. On at least one occasion in combat he is said to have climbed up to an exposed position on the parapets and flapped his arms and made strange noises as if to invite the yankees to shoot him. Asa spent some time in the Confederate hospitals, and he was captured near Lancaster, South Carolina, on 28 February. Asa was transported via New Bern, North Carolina, to Point Lookout Prison in Maryland where he was held until released on June 20th. After the war he either accompanied or followed his older brother Randall to South Carolina. There he married a Louisa Frances Funderburk from Lancaster County not far from where he had been captured.78 Asa and his wife had eight children who were born in the years from 1866 to 1891.79 In August of 1890, he moved to Hunt County, Texas.80 His last child, Guy, was born there on 5 June 1891. Unfortunately Asa was a chronic heavy drinker, and on the night of 3 July 1891 (when little Guy was barely a month old), after losing another bout with the bottle, he laid down on the railroad tracks near the little town of Kingston and failed to get out of the way when the train came along.81 He was 46. What was left of his mangled body is said to have been buried in the nearby McWright Cemetery.82 Asa’s widow and all her children moved north to Indian Territory83 in 1902 and on to Oklahoma Territory84 in 1903. We believe that none of them ever moved back to Texas (or South Carolina). Louisa is buried near Sulphur, Oklahoma, in Murray County.85
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My wife, Stephany Pitt White was the GG granddaughter of Asa Sapp. Her grand father was William Ernest Sapp (1900-1968), Great grandfather was William Thomas Sapp (1866-1946), Great Great Grandfather was Asa Sapp (1844-1891).
Tom White
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